Article: ADULT STEM CELL RESEARCH

IN READING the Feb. 17 front-page story "Personal pleas ring at stem cell hearing," I wondered why there is no mention of adult stem cell research, the alternative to embryonic stem cell research.

Adult stem cell research is evidently being ignored for some reason, when in fact it has already demonstrated success in the treatment of more than 80 diseases such as acute leukemia, chronic leukemia and Hodgkin's disease, and is being tested in more than 250 human clinical trials (listed at ClinicalTrials.gov, a National Institute of Health site).

Adult stem cells can be ...

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